This is Hull and East Riding --When: Freedom Festival runs from September 6 to September 8.
Where: Hull Marina.
Tickets: Entry is free.
Visit: www.freedomfestival.co.uk for more information about the full line-up. Other acts include rising band Theme Park, Mobo award-winning hip-hop artist Akala, comedy trio Pappy's and Glastonbury folk act Shooglenifty.
The band name: The 1975 was taken from notes inside a book given to Matt by an artist he met on holiday in Majorca. The date read, "1st June. The 1975", which he thought was a strange use of language but an interesting band name.
Debut album: Their self-titled debut album is scheduled to be released on September 2 through Dirty Hit/Polydor and includes their hit songs.
Critics: Pitchfork Magazine have favourably compared them to The Big Pink. Their track Sex was also described as "equal parts ethereal and synth pop", with "haunting" and "smooth" vocals.
Visit: See the1975.com for more about the band and their music.
The 1975 are one of Britain's hottest new bands and are expected to draw thousands of indie followers to this year's Freedom Festival. Katy Forrester catches up with the group
T hey reckon their album is the most honest collection of songs due to come out this year. Manchester foursome The 1975 are already the talk of the indie-rock scene.
They hit the mainstream after releasing their insanely addictive single, Chocolate, and now they're omnipresent on almost every big festival bill this summer.
The lads say they haven't got a day off until December, but when you're young, cool, on the road and full of adrenalin en route to the big time, it doesn't matter. They're "living the dream".
Next month, the group will head to Hull to play in front of thousands of people as the headline act at this year's Freedom Festival.
And, having already supported Muse and The Rolling Stones, they're no strangers to big crowds and being front and centre in the spotlight.
Unlike a lot of young acts, they say they didn't get involved in music to acquire "rock band status"– they just wanted to write songs.
Ten years ago, they met as 13-year-old, punk-loving schoolboys and started jamming in their parents' garage.
Inspired by everyone from Michael Jackson to Joni Mitchell, they've steered away from any Britpop sound and even give a nod to R&B in their tunes. Frontman Matt Healy says his dad knew the likes of Dire Straits in the 1980s, which also influenced him as a youngster.
"At that age, it wasn't about being in a band because it was cool, or because it might lead to a career in music," he shrugs. "It was just about having fun.
"Most people join bands at 16 or 17 because they start to look at individual interests – they want to be rich and famous – but it wasn't like that for us. There's a lot of solidarity, we've grown up together and it's helped to cement the line-up."
The band is made up of Matt, guitarist Adam Hann, drummer George Daniel and bassist Ross MacDonald.
Matt has now flown the nest and moved out of his parents' place, although he's technically homeless until he finds somewhere else to live after touring.
He says packing up boxes in the garage, where the band have written pretty much every one of their songs, was an emotional experience.
"It's a really special place for us and it's kind of book-ended the first chapter for the band. We wrote our first song there and the our last songs for the debut album," he says.
"Seeing our first album come together has been amazing, it's something we never thought would happen.
"We are a lot more honest and ambitious than most bands and we struggled to get signed as a result.
"I often lay my heart out on the table and I never worry about what people think of our songs. I just make music."
Matt admits the song Sex is actually about his love of women, or as he puts it, his "obsession" with the fairer sex. He jokes: "I'm not as prolific as say, Russell Brand, but I've always done quite well with the ladies."
Being in a band obviously helps, but he got himself into another kind of trouble when The 1975 played at Fruit in Hull last year.
"I ended up having a scrap with some drunk idiot in the crowd who nearly fell on some of the instruments," he laughs.
"The bouncers quickly came and threw him out. It was a bit mad, but I like a place with character and the crowd were great.
"We are buzzing about playing the Freedom Festival to perform songs from our EPs and the album – all of them have been the most important song in our lives at one stage.
"We've heard a lot about the festival and we like that there's variety. Anyone who is into our band or just wants to have a good time should come and see us.
"I can honestly say, we are wicked live." Reported by This is 14 hours ago.